The Remnant Radio's Podcast Atheism vs. Christianity: How Atheists NEED God to Make Their Case - Interview with Frank Turek
Sep 4, 2025
Frank Turek, apologist and author of *Stealing from God*, discusses how atheists unintentionally rely on theism to make their arguments. He explores the concept of morality, asserting that true moral standards require a divine foundation. Turek introduces ideas about intelligent design, countering atheistic claims with the necessity of a designer for the complexity in nature. He also tackles the resurrection of Jesus and critiques materialism, emphasizing the unique human capacity for rational thought rooted in a theistic worldview.
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Morality Requires An Objective Ground
- Frank Turek argues atheists implicitly rely on God to define objective moral terms like "evil."
- Without God there is no objective good, so atheists "steal" that standard to argue against God.
Challenge Evolutionary Morality Claims
- Ask skeptics why human flourishing is morally preferable rather than assumed.
- Press that evolution explains sentiments, not objective obligations, unless a transcendent value-giver exists.
Self-Defeating Foundational Claims Fail
- Faulty foundational claims collapse their entire worldview when they self-defeat.
- Examples include Kant's and postmodern denials of objective truth, which contradict themselves.
